Mar 22, 2012

9 Boko Haram Members Killed, 2 Captured

Nigerian police on Wednesday ambushed and
killed nine Boko Haram members who had attacked a police station and a bank at
Tudun Wada Local Government Area, Kano, northwest of the country, an official
said.

Brigadier General Iliyasu Abbah
told reporters that the Boko Haram members were shot dead in Tudun Wada, about
100 kilometres (60 miles) south of the main northern city of Kano.

Iliyasu paraded two of them who
were captured alive during the operation and said an investigation was launched
to establish the identity of the attackers.

He said the gang had used
improved explosive devices to bomb a police station, the residence of the head
of police in the town and Unity Bank.

According to the army officer
said three vehicles, police uniforms, assault rifles, handguns, tear gas
canisters and ammunition were recovered.

Islamist Boko Haram sect
carried out its deadliest attack yet in Kano, Nigeria’s second city, with
coordinated bombings and shootings on January 20 which killed 185 people.

The Mandawari police station in
Kano has been repeatedly targeted by suspected members of the sect.